announce

UK: /əˈnaʊns/ US: /əˈnaʊns/ ,(ə nouns′)

Inflections of 'announce' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

announces

v 3rd person singular

announcing

v pres p

announced

v past

announced

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

an•nounce /əˈnaʊns/   v., -nounced, -nounc•ing. 

1. to make known publicly or officially;
   proclaim: [~ + object]
   announced her candidacy for the presidency.
   [~ + (that) clause]
   announced that she would run for president.
2. [~ + object] to state the approach or presence of:
   to announce a guest.
3. to serve as an announcer (of): [~ + object]
   He announced the program during the wedding reception.
   [no object]
   He announced for the radio station.
4. to state;
   declare:
   [used with quotations] "My bags are packed and I'm leaving,'' she announced.
5. to declare one's candidacy:
   [~ + for + object] is expected to announce for governor.

See -nounce-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

an•nounce  (ə nouns′), v., -nounced, -nounc•ing. 
v.t. 

1. to make known publicly or officially;
   proclaim;
   give notice of:
   to announce a special sale.
2. to state the approach or presence of:
   to announce guests; to announce dinner.
3. to make known to the mind or senses.
4. to serve as an announcer of:
   The mayor announced the program.
5. to state;
   declare.
6. to state in advance;
   declare beforehand.
7. to write, or have printed, and send a formal declaration of an event, esp. a social event, as a wedding.

v.i. 

8. Show Business to be employed or serve as an announcer, esp. of a radio or television broadcast:
   She announces for the local radio station.
9. to declare one's candidacy, as for a political office (usually fol. by for):
   We are hoping that he will announce for governor.

• Latin annūntiāre, equivalent. to an- an-² + nūntiāre to announce, derivative of nūntius messenger
• Middle French anoncer
• 1490–1500

an•nounce′a•ble, adj. 
Synonyms

• 1. declare, report, promulgate.
  Announce, proclaim, publish mean to communicate something in a formal or public way.
  To announce is to give out news, often of something expected in the future:
  to announce a lecture series.
  To proclaim is to make a widespread and general announcement of something of public interest:
  to proclaim a holiday.
  To publish is to make public in an official way, now esp. by printing:
  to publish a book.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

announce / əˈnaʊns/ verb

1. (tr; may take a clause as object) to make known publicly; proclaim
2. (transitive) to declare the arrival of: to announce a guest
3. (tr; may take a clause as object) to reveal to the mind or senses; presage: the dark clouds announced rain
4. (intransitive) to work as an announcer, as on radio or television

Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French anoncer, from Latin annuntiāre, from nuntius messenger